over to meagan and charlie. >> crews are working to repair a water main ruptured in mount vernon,. >> it's causing problems for homes and businesses in the yeah. that's where we find linda so. >> reporter: crews are in the hole right now making the repairs about an hour and half agos they removed the broken section of the 30-inch main that broke. when the crew comes in at 8:00 alt, they will be replacing it with the new sections the roads do remain closed, this is a 30- inch main that broke on madison yesterday morning. homes and businesses lost water, mercy hospital, had low water pressure it had to deal with, this is the fourth water main break in two weeks. it's a sign of the aging infrastructure. some water mains could date back to the 1800s. dpw says it's in the beginning stages of a plan to speed up the amount of water main it replaces from under 5 miles, a year, to 40 miles. >> it's old. we are talking seriously old, that hasn't been addressed the way it needs to be. >> the cost of the repairs will come out of your rising water bills, dpw crews are hoping to fix the break quick